Champions Mile

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THE FWD Champions Mile
Beauty Eternal 20240428.jpg
2024 winner Beauty Eternal
ClassGroup 1
Location Sha Tin Racecourse
Hong Kong
Inaugurated2001
Race type Flat / Thoroughbred
Sponsor FWD Group
Website Champions Mile
Race information
Distance1,600 meters
(About 8 furlongs / (1 mile)
SurfaceTurf
TrackRight-handed
QualificationThree-years-old and up
Weight121 lb (3y); 126 lb (4y+)
Allowances
4 lb for fillies and mares
6 lb for N. Hemisphere 3-y-o
Purse HK$20,000,000 (2022)

The Champions Mile is a Group 1 flat horse race in Hong Kong for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) on the turf at Sha Tin Racecourse with the total purse of HK$14m in 2014/15, approximately US$1.8m.

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It was first run in 2001, opened to international competition in 2005 and granted an international grade 1 status in 2007. The race is now the third leg of the four-race Asian Mile Challenge, preceded by the Futurity Stakes and the Dubai Duty Free Stakes and followed by the Yasuda Kinen.

Winners

Year
Winner
Age
Country
Jockey
Trainer
Owner
Time
2001 Red Pepper 4Hong Kong Éric Legrix Brian Kan Ping-chee Mr & Mrs Chau Kam Chuen1:37.50
2002 Jeune King Prawn 5Hong Kong Weichong Marwing Ivan Allan Mr & Mrs Lau Sak Hong1:35.20
2003 Electronic Unicorn 7Hong Kong Robbie Fradd John Size Lo Ying Bin 1:36.20
2004 Figures 5Hong Kong Torsten Mundry David Oughton Financial Investors Group Syndicate1:34.20
2005 Bullish Luck 6Hong Kong Gerald Mosse Tony Cruz Wong Wing Keung 1:33.70
2006 Bullish Luck 7Hong Kong Brett Prebble Tony Cruz Wong Wing Keung 1:33.70
2007 Able One 4Hong Kong Michael Kinane John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan1:34.50
2008 Good Ba Ba 6Hong Kong Olivier Doleuze Andreas Schütz John Yuen Se Kit1:33.50
2009 Sight Winner 5Hong Kong Brett Prebble John Size Mr. and Mrs. Tam Wing Kun1:34.97
2010 Able One 7Hong Kong Darren Beadman John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan1:33.63
2011 Xtension 4Hong Kong Darren Beadman John Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo 1:34.71
2012 Xtension 5Hong Kong James McDonald John Moore Mr & Mrs Steven Lo 1:35.23
2013Dan Excel5Hong Kong Weichong Marwing John Moore David Philip Boehm1:33.42
2014 Variety Club 6South Africa Anton Marcus Mike de Kock I & M Jooste 1:34.11
2015 Able Friend 5Hong Kong João Moreira John Moore Dr & Mrs Cornel Li Fook Kwan1:33.76
2016 Maurice 5Japan João Moreira Noriyuki Hori Kazumi Yoshida1:34.08
2017Contentment6Hong Kong Brett Prebble John Size Benson Lo Tak Wing1:35.23
2018 Beauty Generation 5Hong Kong Zac Purton John Moore Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen1:34.31
2019 Beauty Generation 6Hong Kong Zac Purton John Moore Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen1:33.63
2020Southern Legend7Hong Kong Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Caspar Fownes Boniface Ho Ka Kui1:33.13
2021 Golden Sixty 5Hong Kong Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Francis Lui Kin-waiStanley Chan Ka Leung1:33.45
2022 Golden Sixty 6Hong Kong Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Francis Lui Kin-waiStanley Chan Ka Leung1:32.81
2023 Golden Sixty 7Hong Kong Vincent Ho Chak-yiu Francis Lui Kin-waiStanley Chan Ka Leung1:33.34
2024Beauty Eternal5Hong Kong Zac Purton John Size Patrick Kwok Ho Chuen1:34.52

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